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.My age is 63 and my back is quite sensitive to wrong movements and to heavy loads for years. Now in beekeeping my most valuable duty is to protect my backbone. I try now to avoid all risky jobs and lifts. Last year ago my back was really bad. I woke up 10 times a night. I thought, am I able to keep bees any more.

As a young I did not took care about my back injuries. Beekeeping is really dangerous to back and to sciatica. Now the pain does not heal itself like 20 years ago.

I think that nonusual circumtancies in beekeeping is risky business to the backbone. Avoid them for safety's sake. Use car to drive onto site and lift short distances. Even 30 years old beekeepers have been forced onto surgeon board.

I have 3 surviving hives on my townhouse roof with 4 more planned. And I raise nucs there as well. I have now 10 hives I am installing on other roofs for clients and sponsors. In an urban environment (I am in DC) it is the most discreet and space-efficient way to go. I have had no problems in our warm summers and the bees fly later into fall and earlier into spring thanks to the reflected roof heat.

Good luck with it edward! Please keep us all informed...with pictures!

Scott

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.My age is 63 and my back is quite sensitive to wrong movements and to heavy loads for years. Now in beekeeping my most valuable duty is to protect my backbone. I try now to avoid all risky jobs and lifts. Last year ago my back was really bad. I woke up 10 times a night. I thought, am I able to keep bees any more.

As a young I did not took care about my back injuries. Beekeeping is really dangerous to back and to sciatica. Now the pain does not heal itself like 20 years ago.

I think that nonusual circumtancies in beekeeping is risky business to the backbone. Avoid them for safety's sake. Use car to drive onto site and lift short distances. Even 30 years old beekeepers have been forced onto surgeon board.

Finski, you need to go to medium boxes. I've had serious backkproblems for over 30 years, medium boxes makes beekeeping managable.

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